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$Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally, July 31, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. Facing the need to win Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris has sworn off any prior assertion that she opposed fracking. But that hasn't stopped Trump from wielding her now-abandoned position as to win over working-class voters in the key battleground state where the industry means jobs.$

Donald Trump has won the presidential election and will return to the White House

Franco Ordoñez

Becoming just the second president to be defeated and then reelected to a subsequent term, former President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Harris and will be the 47th president.
$A shale gas well drilling site is pictured in 2020 in St. Mary's, Pa., a key battleground state where the fracking industry has brought in jobs.$

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Harris says she won't ban fracking. What to know about the controversial topic

Emma Bowman

Both presidential candidates are against fracking bans, which is once again being wielded as a political issue to play to working-class voters. Here's a quick refresher on the topic.
Biden drops out of the presidential race, Harris vows to reunite the party as the nominee

Farah Yousry

President Joe Biden announced he will be dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.
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Lots of U.S. presidents have pushed for Middle East peace. Progress has been elusive

President Biden is the latest in a long line of presidents to place himself in the middle of a Middle East conflict. U.S. efforts have seen failed starts, wrong turns and dead ends, but some progress.